dumbassery
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Noun[edit]
dumbassery (uncountable)
- (slang,vulgar,Canada, US) Immature, foolish behavior; behavior typical of a dumbass. quotations ▲
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2008, Sara Zarr, Story of a Girl[1], →ISBN:
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Speaking of savages, Bruce Cowell and his pack of jock-wannabes, who’d been kicked off every school team because of attitude problems and/or the use of illegal substances, were right on schedule for their weekly feats of dumbassery.
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2011 August 31, Max Read, “Wikileaks Freaks Out at Newspaper Over Its Own Dumbassery”, in Gawker[2]:
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Wikileaks has always had a healthy sense of self-importance—one that seems, at least in part, well-deserved. But there’s something uniquely hubristic about accusing a major newspaper (and former collaborator) of “gross negligence or malice” over the release of 251,000 unredacted top-secret cables—when the fault lies with the website itself. [see title]
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2023 April 28, Madison Malone Kircher, Anna Grace Lee, “This Week’s Tiniest Social Media Drama Is About Olive Oil”, in The New York Times[3]:
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“Honestly god bless the olive oil war, this is exactly the kind of ludicrous startup-brain-worms low-stakes drama that the world needs more of right now,” tweeted Helen Rosner, a New Yorker staff writer who covers food. “No villains, no victims, just top notch public ego dumbassery.”
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Synonyms[edit]
- dumbassity
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Neville Buch (Pronounced Book) Ph.D. is a certified member of the Professional Historians Association (Queensland). Since 2010 he has operated a sole trade business in history consultancy. He was a Q ANZAC 100 Fellow 2014-2015 at the State Library of Queensland. Dr Buch was the PHA (Qld) e-Bulletin, the monthly state association’s electronic publication, and was a member of its Management Committee. He is the Managing Director of the Brisbane Southside History Network.
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